Classe

Classe is an ancient Roman port located near Ravenna. The port was built by Emperor Octavian Augustus. In the port were built warships. Also near the port and Ravenna were some Christian communities. In the year 476, after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Odoacer took Ravenna. He improved. Later Ravenna and the port passed into possession of the Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Lombards. At the beginning of the VIII century, the port passed into the possession of the Pope. The port was destroyed during the Muslim raid, around the 9th century.